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Women In Ancient Civilizations
Daisy Dunn, author of The Missing Thread: A Women’s History of the Ancient World, Part One: Dunn reexamines ancient history by highlighting women’s foundational contributions across classical Greco-Roman civilization. This initial hour explores mythological origins involving Phantasia, Leda, and Helen of Troy, while noting archaeological destruction at Troy. It details Andromache advising Hector, Briseis’s captive role, and Sappho’s poetic legacy, exile, and rival school on Lesbos. Furthermore, it examines Etruscan dentistry and romance, the Sabine women, Lucretia ending Roman monarchy, and Queen Dido using an oxhide trick to found Carthage. (1)